App of the Week 21st July

App of the Week 21st July

Last week Twitter was buzzing with discussions about the new Airbnb logo, it’s controversial new design definitely had an impact and got people talking about the already slightly controversial startup.  For anyone who doesn’t know, Airbnb was founded in 2008 and gives homeowners a way to rent out their spare room and travellers to find…

MixRadio Breaks Away From Microsoft Mobile

MixRadio Breaks Away From Microsoft Mobile

Music streaming apps are not new, there are plenty of them available in the Apple App Store,  and Google Play. One you may not have heard of though is MixRadio it’s an alternative to Spotify, Beats and Pandora (US, Australia and New Zeland), that was originally intended just for Nokia devices.  Microsoft today announced, amongst…

App of the Week 14th July

App of the Week 14th July

Our favourite app this week is only really going to appeal to quite a niche market – people in London, who get the bus.  Despite this, the design and functionality of the app are so clever it definitely deserves a mention as the top app this week.  Called Jump, it’s for people who need to…

Six Years of the App Store

Six Years of the App Store

It’s been six years since Steve Jobs presented one of the biggest additions to the second version of iPhone OS (as it was known at the time, not iOS). The App Store was not only a revolutionary way of selling software, it was also a landmark in the way developers could distribute their creations. Last…

App of the Week 7th July

App of the Week 7th July

A few months ago, as most people will have heard, Facebook made an offer to buy Snapchat for $3 Billion.  Snapchat turned the offer down, despite having never made any money, claiming they had bigger plans for the ephemeral messaging service.  Facebook have instead released their own media messaging service called Slingshot, billed by some…

Android Wear App & App Store

Android Wear App & App Store

We told you all about Google I/O last week and the biggest thing to come from the event being the launch of Android Wear, the operating system that Google have rolled out for their wearable devices.  Well now Android Wear devices have their own companion app for Android smartphones and tablets. It’s called, imaginatively, Android…

App of the Week 30th June

App of the Week 30th June

Parallels have been making remote access software for a number of years now, they were the first company to make Windows apps available for Macs and last year released Parallels Access, giving people the same service on their iPads.  This week, they’ve updated Access to version 2.0, now making all Mac and Windows apps available…

Google IO 2014 Roundup

Google IO 2014 Roundup

A few weeks ago, we took a look at everything that took place at Apple’s WWDC 2014.  The event had a load in store for developers, while making notable changes to OSX and some minor tweaks to iOS for end users.  This week was the Google equivalent event – Google IO 2014, it would only…

App of the Week 23rd June

Last week we looked at the perfect app to accompany the FIFA World Cup (TVCatchup); there’s a huge list of events taking place this summer though, many of which have their own companion app.  We were going to take a look at the Wimbledon app which has been updated for the 2014 tournament, although we…

Windows and Android Introduce Mobile Kill-Switch

Windows and Android Introduce Mobile Kill-Switch

Earlier this morning, news of a “kill-switch” feature that would decrease  mobile theft for Windows and Android handsets was announced. Following the success of Apple’s Activation Lock feature released  last September, theft of other handsets increased. But now, Windows and  Google plan to tackle the issue with plans of a kill-switch feature.